Politics

"Left to myself, I will continue till the last moment to persuade the Congress," he said.

"The Modi Government should bestow the award on Savarkar. Shiv Sena has raised this issue several times in the past. We are still fighting for Savarkar, but BJP is keeping distance from Shiv Sena over the issue," Uddhav said.

Targetting BJP, Mamata said that the party was always looking for an opportunity to foment a riot.

The members of the team, which will include powerful General Secretary, Organisation, besides his deputies, who are all drawn from RSS, will travel to various states at regular intervals, party sources said.

Delhi government and the Centre have been at loggerheads over a range of issues over the past one year.

"Besides making these polling stations entirely run by women we are planning to deploy only female security personnel in those booths as well," District Magistrate P Mohan Gandhi said.

Releasing the manifesto, Tarun Gogoi said,"If I come to power again, I will ensure job to one member of each family. Our target is to give 10 lakh jobs in both government and private sectors in the next five years."

The deal was struck following talks between the two sides, with the DMK side being led by its Treasurer M K Stalin which held discussions with the Khader Mohideen-led IUML.

The meeting took place a day after Mehbooba arrived in Delhi barely three days after she had returned to the Kashmir Valley after her talks with BJP President Amit Shah had hit a road block.

Rawat claimed Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had apprised Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a letter about Uttarakhand getting Rs 1,405 crore less than what it had got in 2014-15.

Tharoor said people should have the right to choose what they believe is correct and still be tolerant of others' ideas in a democracy.

Togadia appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to bring in a legislation in Parliament for construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya.

The PDP and the BJP failed to end the deadlock on government formation as the meeting between their respective party presidents -- Mehbooba and Amit Shah on Thursday -- could not make any headway.

Voters returning after casting their franchise will be handed over a 'Thank you' card, which will have a specific number. A total of 1 lakh cards are to be distributed.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, JDU President Sharad Yadav, RLD chief Ajit Singh, his son Jayant Chaudhary and poll strategist Prashant Kishor had a meeting at the residence of JD(U) general secretary K C Tyagi in Delhi on March 15 to work out the moda...